dk7th wrote:

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GustavBahler wrote:

dk7th wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:I get the feeling that LeBron will give Gilbert "its either me or Blatt" if they don't win it all. Thought he would do a better job. Im guessing Lue will be the next coach.

not a fair ultimatum when you are without kevin love, who, presumably, lebron himself gm'd.

I believe that LeBron would rather see Lue as coach. This isn't the first time that Lue has covered for Blatt. LeBron had his dust ups with Spoelstra, but he seemed to have more respect for him as a coach.

Blatt actually tried to sideline LeBron in crunch time with the series on the line by making him inbound the ball. That's crazy and a really bad idea for a rookie coach to do with a player of LeBron's stature and influence. Might not be fair but Blatt isn't exactly making a case for himself right now.

wow i didn't know that! how did you suss that out? i watched a bunch of the post game and from what i got from blatt's postgame was that lebron "took the check" on the dinner. you understood something different, apparently, but what's your source?

That's what Brian Windhorst said. He said that Blatt drew up that play and LeBron said "no, give me the ball!." He said of Blatt's late game miscues, that he never seen anything like it in his years covering the league. He usually is pretty spot on when it comes to LeBron. Windhorst gets a lot of flak for being so closely tied to James, but he is a good writer/analyst IMO.

if this is an accurate portrayal of what actually went down then kudos to blatt for acquiescing to an all-time great.

As you said, LeBron is the defacto GM, its not like he had much of a choice. Wasn't the first time Blatt was overruled by James. Blatt might be better served coaching a team that's rebuilding with younger players. Learn the NBA game under less pressure.

Blatt had great success in Europe and Israel, the last minute addition of James, Love, the other vets, and championship expectations might turn out to be too much, too soon

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dk7th wrote:grizzlies have had injury issues all season and are more or less healthy right now and gelling at the right time. good for them. i like players like conley and tony allen and gasol. all are somehow underrated.

interesting statement was made at some point of last night's broadcast, where someone said: "grizzlies [are one of the few team that] play playoff basketball during the regular season." this may not get you the best record or the highest seed but it apparently has its benefits. this is why it always pays to ask whether the team you root for looks like a playoff team or not.

"a win is a win" is false.

Gasol is not underrated..he put up some horrendous shots, much like Aldridge last night and he didn't have to..He won defensive player of the year when he wasn't even the best defensive player on his team...Gasol is a lot of things, underrated ain't one of them..

he has made only two all-star appearances in a seven-year career. what does that tell you?

It tells me that DHow has been injured at least two years

it tells me that style trumps substance in the nba all-star voting process, ie howard is overrated if gasol is not underrated.

DHow is a force when healthy..He took Orlamdo to the Finals..You might have forgotten..

yeah d-how is a force all right. getting blown the f out by the clips by 22 points as we speak.

Well it's McHale job to figure it out..Putting the ball in your boy Harden's hand all year to have teams shut that down in the playoffs, didn't work..Howard took a bad team to the Finals already..So he could come back next year and watch Harden dribble the air out the ball and see what happens..

dk7th wrote:interesting advanced stat of the night, and highly ironic:

deandre jordan 6-7 fg, 14-34 ft, for a 59.2TS%

the hack a jordan doesn't stop him from being efficient.

And that's your deduction???..Not maybe these numbers are meaningless??Not completely asinine??

holfresh wrote:

dk7th wrote:interesting advanced stat of the night, and highly ironic:

deandre jordan 6-7 fg, 14-34 ft, for a 59.2TS%

the hack a jordan doesn't stop him from being efficient.

And that's your deduction???..Not maybe these numbers are meaningless??Not completely asinine??

as i said it's "interesting." that means i am not sure what to make of it. it certainly had something to do with a blowout, no?

what do you make of it?

holfresh wrote:The man just went 14-34 at the ft line and your conclusion is that he is efficient..Amazing..

what's amazing is that it did not hurt his team... at all. it's a 32-point annihilation and if it was such a big deal the game would be a lot closer, according to your "logic."

holfresh wrote:Hey dk7..I'm going to have to start charging you and Bonn for hoops lessons..I have been telling you all year about Harden's game when we get the the playoffs..And you don't have the common courtesy to say, holfresh, thank you..

wow i cannot believe what's coming out of your cakehole, even more audacious than the usual claptrap. you are getting schooled so bad you need to resort to preemptive strikes. i get it but guess what.... howard sucks.

you're welcome and that'll be 25 mill. go ask your boy marshmelo for a loan.....

holfresh wrote:

dk7th wrote:

holfresh wrote:Hey dk7..I'm going to have to start charging you and Bonn for hoops lessons..I have been telling you all year about Harden's game when we get the the playoffs..And you don't have the common courtesy to say, holfresh, thank you..

wow i cannot believe what's coming out of your cakehole, even more audacious than the usual claptrap. you are getting schooled so bad you need to resort to preemptive strikes. i get it but guess what.... howard sucks.

you're welcome and that'll be 25 mill. go ask your boy marshmelo for a loan.....

Melo prob have that in his ashtray..

probably some in his crapper too-- kind of like his career. bang!

mreinman wrote:is this the same harden who is have a great great great post season while (lets use the melo excuse) he has to do it all alone?

I thought that when you don't have the support cast you jack em up at 30% ... like uh melo?

Come on...Looks better when u take it like a man..